Advanced Topics in Equine Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Hemolymphatic Disease
LAMS 5313
1-2 hours
Advanced Topics in Equine Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Hemolymphatic Disease
Course Description
To complement skills and core foundational knowledge gained in the first three years of the DVM program, this course will discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of common cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic diseases affecting horses. Clinical reasoning and key concepts will be reinforced in case discussions.
Athena Title
Adv Top Eq Cardio Resp Hemolym
Non-Traditional Format
This course is taught in a thirteen-week elective period. Learning activities may include any of the following: lecture, lab, small group interactive sessions.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to perform a complete cardiovascular and respiratory examination on horses.
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify abnormal clinical and clinicopathologic findings associated with cardiovascular, respiratory, and hemolymphatic diseases in horses and correctly correlate to the underlying pathophysiology.
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify cardiac murmurs or arrhythmias, and attribute significance based on history, physical examination, and murmur characteristics.
By the end of the course, students will be able to formulate an appropriate diagnostic plan for horses with cardiovascular, respiratory, or hemolymphatic disease.
By the end of the course, students will be able to acquire and interpret a base-apex electrocardiogram.
By the end of the course, students will be able to acquire and interpret diagnostic imaging of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of horses.
By the end of the course, students will be able to prepare a list of relevant differential diagnoses for cardiovascular, respiratory, or hemolympathic diseases in horses based on the signalment, history, clinical signs, and examination findings.
By the end of the course, students will be able to formulate an appropriate treatment plan for horses with cardiovascular, respiratory, or hemolympathic disease.
By the end of the course, students will be able to provide recommendations for biosecurity (including preventative strategies if relevant) to manage respiratory disease in an outbreak setting.
Topical Outline
1. Respiratory examination (comparative)
2. Diagnostic approach to respiratory disease
3. Respiratory disease of the Performance horse URT focus
4. Sinusitis
5. Strangles
6. Viral respiratory diseases
7. Biosecurity - control of highly contagious respiratory pathogens
8. Foal pneumonia/R. equi
9. Broncho pneumonia
10. Pleuropneumonia
11. Fungal, parasitic, and miscellaneous (EMPF) disorders of the respiratory system
12. Equine Asthma/EIPH
13. Cardiovascular examination
14. Clinical approach to acquired valvular disease and heart failure
